Analysis Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

"I got you! You can’t keep a job and you lose me ever’ job I get. Jus’ keep me shovin’ all over the country all the time." Here George acts as if he doesn’t want Lennie so it would be natural to assume that with Lennie dead George would be happy. On the contrary George is disappointed at the loss of his friend as he does not want to live an isolationist life like the other members of the ranch. The choice George made affected him negatively from his own viewpoint but also allowed him to live a less tethered lifestyle. The adverse effects of this choice affected George the most.

“Lennie was in a panic. His face was contorted. She screamed then, and Lennie's other hand closed over her mouth and nose. "Please don't," he begged. "Oh! Please don't do that. George'll be mad." … "I don't want you to yell. You gonna get me in trouble jus' like George says you will. Now don't you do that." And she

Lennie starts having a conversation to Crooks, but he keeps babbling about the promises to keep their farm a secret. George is basically the brain of Lennie, without him he'll be in trouble.

Every time George and Lennie obtain a job, Lennie gets in trouble and they are forced to leave. But they hope after all of their intense work that they can finally have their dream and get a place that they can call their own, “we’re gonna have a little house and a couple acres”.

‘I guess way back in my head I did’ ” ( p. 94) George knew this day was coming. When he found out, he lost hope that Lennie wouldn't get in trouble. He knows that he will now be alone and the hope of having a friend is over.

“Sorry but I just can’t. I need Lennie and this is the only way I’ll be with him.” George brought the gun up to his head and walked up to Lennie. “See you soon Lennie…”

Lennie and George can sometimes be the best of friends but other times George can start to get mad at

George had been mindfully explaining that Lennie causes trouble, and that he has to find a way to avoid the

(Scarseth). George doesn’t want any harm to come to Lennie but he can’t find a positive solution so he does what he feels is best for Lennie and kills him before he can be torchered and hurt by Curley and the mob. “George kills him mercifully. It's a horrible thing to do, and George knows that.

     The friendship between Lennie and George went beyond what was unambiguous, they shared a common dream, and they never stopped trying to acheive their dream. They dream of a peice of land of their own. Independence. A couple of acres, a cow, some pigs, and rabbits that Lennie dreams of tending to. Their dream will later be shattered by fate.

While in the barn, Lennie becomes extremely defensive when Crooks confronts him about George forsaking him. Not knowing that Lennie is rather dangerous, Crooks, a black and excluded worker at the ranch, sees that Lennie is vulnerable and interrogates about George leaving him. The response was, “‘He won’t do it,’ Lennie cried. ‘George wouldn’t do nothing like that. I been with George a long time. He’ll come back tonight’” (Steinbeck 71). It can be seen that Lennie is not emotionally wounded by George’s comments, and perceives that they are devoted to looking after each other. Thus, George’s commitment corroborates that they have a strong bond and he does not mean to hurt Lennie, but is simply letting off built up

After sleeping in the clearing by the river the pair finally arrive at the ranch. Arriving a day late the men are questioned by the ranch owner, Lennie slips up and begins to talk making the boss very nervous, assuming George is somehow taking advantage of him. George assures him that he has nothing but good intentions and wishes only to take care of Lennie, whom he says was kicked in the head by a horse. In the end they are bothe assigned to working in a grain team.

1. When George and Lennie approach the river, why does George warn Lennie not to

¨I di'n't forget, you bet, God damn. Hide in the brush an' wait for George.” Lennie says as he is hiding from the men after he killed Curleyś

Falling Action: George says he wants Lennie to stay with him. He comments that ranch workers are always lonely, but he and Lennie are different because they have one another.